NumerousIndigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism.Indigenous Australian literature includes fiction, plays, letters, essays and other works.
- Faith Bandler– activist and novelist
- Larissa Behrendt– activist, lawyer and novelist
- Lisa Bellear– dramatist and poet
- Charmaine Bennell– children's fiction
- Iris Burgoyne– autobiographer
- Burnum Burnum– writer and educator, tireless proponent of reconciliation
- Ken Canning– poet and activist
- Mary Carmel Charles– children's fiction
- Claire G. Coleman– writer and poet
- Jack Davis– poet and playwright
- Wesley Enoch– playwright, director
- Lionel Fogarty– poet and activist
- Richard Frankland– playwright, scriptwriter and musician
- Kevin Gilbert– activist, writer, artist
- Jane Harrison– playwright
- Ruth Hegarty– writer
- Anita Heiss– novelist, poet and children's author
- Kate Howarth– writer, memoirist
- Marnie Kennedy– autobiographer
- Ruby Langford Ginibi– writer, historian, autobiographer
- Melissa Lucashenko– novelist
- Ray Mancini– writer, educator
- Philip McLaren– author, academic and artist
- Olga Miller– historian, artist and author
- Sally Morgan– writer
- Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson)– poet, author, playwright (note: Johnson's Aboriginality is contested by many)
- Big Bill Neidjie– last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)– poet
- Bruce Pascoe
- Doris Pilkington Garimara
- Kerry_Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019)– activist, writer, artist, editor, educator
- Ronald Roe– writer
- Kim Scott– novelist
- Kirli Saunders– author and poet
- Jared Thomas– writer, and arts curator
- Margaret Tucker– activist and author ofIf Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of theStolen Generations
- David Unaipon (1872–1967)– first published Aboriginal author
- James Unaipon (1835–1907)– author and preacher
- Ellen van Neerven– novelist and poet
- Sam Watson– novelist and filmmaker
- Samuel Wagan Watson– poet
- Herb Wharton– poet and novelist
- Tara June Winch– novelist
- Alexis Wright–Miles Franklin Award winning novelist
Essays and academia
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